Keeping your kitchen clean is literally a never ending job. You clean, then you mess it all up again, just to feed the family. Since it is the place where your food is prepared, cleanliness it pretty important. Reduce the stress of the never ending clean and maintain good hygiene with the following kitchen cleaning tips. Tips to help keep your kitchen clean can make a big difference in easing up to agony of the grime wipe.
A clean kitchen is essential for a hygienic home
1- Use preventative methods to make your kitchen easier to clean
Start by keeping your cleaning equipment clean! For example, clean your dishwasher once a week. Shake baking soda on a damp sponge and wipe around the machine’s edges to remove any stuck on food or stains. Then run the dishwasher on empty with a dishwasher cleaning product designed to kill bacteria. This will keep it nice and fresh to ensure it does what it is designed to do- keeps your dishes clean!
Make oven cleaning easier by employing preventative measures. One way of doing this is lining your oven with a nonstick oven liner. The liner can readily be wiped with a paper towel, then washed in the dishwasher and reused as often as needed.
Avoid build up on top of the fridge by covering it with a layer of plastic wrap. Just remove the plastic wrap once a month and replace it with clean wrap. This handy tip will prevent the buildup of gross, tiny food particles that float into the air on steam and end up mucking up your fridge top.
Tip: Wash as you go to make the kitchen cleaning a breeze
2- Clean As You Go to minimise the effort it takes to clean your kitchen
Cleaning is much, much easier when you do it as you go. This means getting in there before food hardens and sticks on. Spills should always be immediately cleaned, so they don’t cause stains or get stuck and sticky.
Pots and pans need a quick wipe down, even if you can’t thoroughly wash them straight away. One way handy tip can be to fill the sink with hot soapy water when you’re cooking. Then as you finishing using pots and dishes, simply throw them in to soak while you’re eating. After the meal they will be ready to easily finish up.
Prepare for your clean by soaking those tough pots and pans first
3- Organise your clean: Prepare your kitchen clean as your starting point.
When you clean the first priority is to do it in an order that makes sense to you. Something that you can work with. That said, there are some tips that can help keep the clean, well, easier and cleaner…
The best way to do this is to set up the things that take time first. For example start off by soaking any pans, stove knobs and other bits and pieces. These bits and pieces will then be easier to clean when you get back around to them. If you’re using an oven cleaner or any other sprays that need to sit for a while, get it on before you get into the rest of the cleaning.
Clean the dirtiest parts last to reduce the potential spread of germs and grime
4- Clean from cleanest to dirtiest.
Once you’ve set up your clean for sprays to sit and things to soak, it’s time to get moving. Keep in mind that your stove is often the dirtiest part of the kitchen. It can host a massive build up of grime, dirt, and germs. It can therefore be a smart move to begin cleaning next to the stove, then move around the kitchen to clean it so that you finish with that dirty stove. Ending with the dirtiest part of the kitchen will help prevent you from spreading dirt and grease around.
When disinfecting and removing odors in the kitchen, lemon is a great natural solution
5- Disinfect and remove odours from your kitchen
Did you know that your dirty kitchen sink can have more bacteria than your toilet seat? Given you eat out of your kitchen it’s therefore important to disinfect it. Once you’ve disinfected, let it air-dry.
Food intensive spots such as your disposal need particular care to disinfect and remove odours. For example, dropping some cut up lemon, salt and a few ice cubes into your disposal can do wonders. The lemon deodorises, the ice and salt clean away residue. Lemon, salt and water make great natural cleaners, disinfectants and deodorisers for many parts of the kitchen. Check out our microwave cleaning tips for specific ways to get this potentially stubborn part of your kitchen clean.
Use a hairdryer to heat up cooked on grime!
6- Use handy tips to ease the cleaning of any baked on or hardened grime
Here’s one tip to soften those baked on bits: make your job easier by blasting it with your hair dryer. Once it’s warm your job of wiping it down with a soapy damp cloth is a breeze (pun totally intended).
A regular deep clean of your kitchen will help it to truly sparkle
7- Bring in the experts for a regular deep clean of your kitchen
Staying on top of the cleaning is one thing, but every kitchen needs a regular deep clean. The professionals know how to get into the tough spots and how to break down the build up that inevitably happens. Regular deep cleans make it easier to stay on top of the day-to-day cleans.
